Abstract #1588

MRI-Visible Mesh Implants in Patients, Assessment of Time-Dependent Configuration Changes.

Alexander Ciritsis¹, Nienke Lynn Hansen¹, Alexandra Barabasch¹, Nicolas Kuehnert², Jens Otto³, Joachim Conze³, Christiane Kuhl¹, Nils Andreas Kraemer¹

¹Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, NRW, Germany; ²Surgery, RWTH University Hospital , Aachen, NRW, Germany; ³Surgery, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, NRW, Germany

Using iron-loaded visible mesh implants, 13 patients were examined one day after surgery using gradient echo sequences at 1.5 Tesla. Up to now (November 2012), two patients were additionally scanned after 90 days and meshes were digitally reconstructed. Time-dependent mesh deformation and shrinkage was assessed. The preliminary results (2/13 patients) indicate that the concept of scar-induced mesh shrinkage might have to be reconsidered. The remaining 11 patients are scheduled up to January 2013.